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Arthur Askey
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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Golf instruction book Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Piano
Arthur Askey Sings
Topic: Arthur Askey Sings
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'Big-hearted', but also a comedic radical. Mark Radcliffe profiles one of Britain's most successful comic performers. Producer Libby Cross First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
Topic: Arthur Askey - How Tickled I Am
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Apr 25, 2017
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soundtrack restoration
Topic: Arthur Askey Jack Hylton
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World War II, the plot involves the diminutive Arthur (Arthur Askey) joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the same unit as him. Here, his idealistic notions about King Arthur prompt his messmates to trick him into believing that a sword they have dug up is the fabled Excaliber. Armed with this talisman Arthur strides forth to deal with the German Army.
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Topics: Comedy, Arthur Askey
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Arthur (Arthur Askey) joins the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall). His mates trick him into believing a sword that he found is Excalibur. Armed with the sword he heads out to take on the German army. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Mystic Nights Videos
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Topics: Arthur Askey, Max Bacon, Al Burnett, Evelyn Dall, Vera Frances, Peter Graves, Brefni O'Rorke, Anne...
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World War II, the plot involves the diminutive Arthur (Arthur Askey) joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the same unit as him. Here, his idealistic notions about King Arthur prompt his messmates to trick him into believing that a sword they have dug up is the fabled Excaliber. Armed with this talisman Arthur strides forth to deal with the German Army. Click here to download the movie
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09/18
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Denis Norden asks Arthur Askey, Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth questions about the past.
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Topics: Denis Norden, Arthur Askey, Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth, Jean Collen, Looks then quiz (1978)
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As Arthur (Arthur Askey) struggles to navigate two females in the lighthouse, even more shipwreck survivors arrive...and then start to disappear, one by one!
Topics: podcast, description, blind, vision-impaired, comedy, mystery, arthur askey, pilbeam, bbc, jasper...
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Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late fathers dating service run by Arthur Bowden (Arthur Askey).
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Topics: British, WWII, Comedy, Musical
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Dumped by his girlfriend, civil servant Arthur Pilbeam (Arthur Askey) asks to be transferred far away from women, but when he reaches a spooky Scottish lighthouse, women are not far behind. 1942.
Topics: podcast, description, blind, vision-impaired, comedy, mystery, arthur askey, pilbeam, bbc, pips, war
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Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) arrives in London to re-establish an ailing escort agency partly owned by Arthur Bowden (Arthur Askey). PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Mystic Nights Videos
Topics: Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall, Anne Shelton, Richard Hearne, Max Bacon, Jack Train, Peter Graves, Jean...
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Based on their hit radio show, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch are thrown out of their squat atop BBC headquarters and soon find themselves owning a spooky castle in the country. Part 1 of 2. 1940. moviesfortheblind.com
Topics: podcast, description, blind, vision-impaired, comedy, british, bbc, england, arthur askey, richard...
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Arthur (Arthur Askey) and Stinker (Richard Murdoch) are out of work actors in WWII London. They pretend to be a maid and cook in hopes of getting money to finance their show. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Never registered in the U.S. Mystic Nights Videos
Topics: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Lily Morris, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Peter Gawthorne,...
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Cast Arthur Askey ... Bill Ramsbottom Glenn Melvyn ... Charlie Sid James ... Black Jake Shani Wallis ... Joan Ramsbottom Frankie Vaughan ... Elmer Betty Marsden ... Florrie Ramsbottom Jerry Desmonde ... Blue Eagle Sabrina ... Girl Danny Ross ... Danny Anthea Askey ... Susie Ramsbottom This film is said to be lost?? (obviously not since there is this copy) and this is the only known copy and the quality is very poor, but someone requested in the forums so here you go
Topics: Comedy, Western, UK
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Arthur (Arthur Askey) and Stinker (Richard Murdoch) are living on the roof of a broacasting station and get evicted. They rent the haunted Droon Castle in Sussex. After finding television broadcast equipment they decide to put on a show. What they don't know is the equipment belongs to Nazi spies who are also using the castle. Mystic Nights Videos PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Never registered in the U.S.
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Topics: Arthur Askey, Jack Hylton, Richard Murdoch, Patricia Kirkwood, Moore Marriott, Freddy Schweitzer,...
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Set in London during World War II Blitz period, the story sees Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as a couple of variety entertainers who find themselves out of work. In desperate need of money to put on a show, the pair dress up as house servants {Murdoch a servant and Askey in drag as a cook} and bluff their way into the home of Lady Randall (Lily Morris), an ex-music hall star known to give financial aid to performers in the arts close to her heart. However, chaos reigns.
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Topics: Comedy, Musical, Arthur Askey
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04/14
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Title: To See Such Fun Summary: Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies. Directed by: Jon Scoffield Actors: Frank Muir, Chesney Allen, Arthur Askey Production Company: The Rank Organisation Release Date: 25 December 1977 (UK) Aspect Ratio: REMOVE_TAG Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.
Topics: Comedy, Documentary
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Dec 7, 2009
12/09
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Arthur Askey starts in this WWII era British Comedy. Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
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Topics: Comedy, Horror, WWII
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Sep 11, 2010
09/10
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A WW2 bomber crashes on an island that turns out to be inhabited by an all-female society, whose mating rituals entail the death of the male. The bomber crew (little Arthur Askey & co) try to avoid betrothal, while convincing the girls to update their traditions.
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Topics: Comedy, Musical, Arthur Askey
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06/14
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Band Waggon was a comedy radio show broadcast by the BBC from 1938 to 1940. The first season featured Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch . In the second season, Askey and Murdoch were joined by Syd Walker, and the third season added Diana Clare for two episodes. Band Waggon was the first comedy show to be designed specifically for radio, and established the practice of broadcasting a regular comedy and music programme at the same time each week. The show ended in 1940, allowing...
Topics: Band Waggon, Radio Show, BBC Comedy Show From WWII, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdock
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09/10
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Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch are discovered after months of living on the roof of Broadcasting House with their chickens and Lewis the goat, waiting for their chance at stardom. On their subsequent aimless travels in their overladen car, the Askeytoff II, they end up renting the haunted Droom Castle for the princely sum of £3. The perfectly natural explanation for the ghost is that Nazis are at the bottom of it all (in the basement), using a TV hook-up to Berlin. Of course Arthur has a...
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Topics: Comedy, Musical, Arthur Askey
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09/18
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Comptometer Medley Felt & Tarrant Ltd. 1953 32 page stapled magazine 141mm × 208mm Comptometer Medley is a magazine similar to Comptometer News. It was intended for British Comptometer operators, and appeared once a year after World War II. It contains many photos taken at the previous year's annual Comptometer Reunions. Some of the stage performers mentioned are Rita Williams (singer), Saveen (ventriloquist), Harry Locke (comedian/actor), Jon Pertwee (comedian/actor), Arthur Askey...
Topics: Comptometer, Mechanical calculator
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06/09
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Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur Askey plays the gags with his Vaudeville style humor.
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Topics: Comedy, Horror, Arthur Askey
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Jun 7, 2009
06/09
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After being jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam (Arthur Askey) wants a job where he will encounter no women. He is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish island which is being run as a meteoroligical station where he is supposed to be the only inhabitant. However, Jane (Vera Frances), a young girl, has stowed-away on his boat. She is looking for her uncle on the neighbouring island. Then model Bobbie turns up - her boat has been torpedoed. With the arrival of another boatload of survivors,...
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Topics: Comedy, Arthur Askey
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05/10
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Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) arrives in London from the USA to re-establish an ailing escort agency providing suitable companions to young men for the evening. The agency is called Miss London and half-owned by diminutive joker Arthur Bowden (Arthur Askey). Terry examines the current portfolio and decides the agency must embark on a recruitment drive and enlist a handful of beautiful London glamour ladies to accompany the many single officers on leave revelling in the capital. Their first client...
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Topics: Comedy, Musical, Arthur Askey
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Askey stars as an Oxford student forced to pose as his aunt in order to keep from being expelled from school. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Mystic Nights Videos
Topics: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Phyllis Calvert, Jeanne De Casalis, Graham Moffatt, Mystic Nights...
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Apr 30, 2013
04/13
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Tim & Jaki present The Real Music Club Radio Show - back from their respective absences the dynamic duo break the five minute barrier to present longer bits of music along with some odd ditties with the focus of rabbits bees and cows... a veritable farmyard of a show! moo honk buzz.... get orf moi land! Listen up fellow beasties..... Louie Louie - The Sandpipers (aagghh!) Dalai Lama - Alex Chilton Tsatziki - The Bazouki Kings The Bee - Arthur Askey Why Does A Red Cow? - Pink Fairies &...
Topics: Tim Rundall, Jaki Windmill, Real Music Club, Free Music, Brighton, RMC, psychedelic, Pink Fairies,...
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Issue 8 of Talking Machine Review magazine, published Feb. 1971. Electrograph Pick-Up Attachment for Edison Phonographs The Patents of Adian Sykes - Ernie Bayly David Bispham, pt. 2 - Laurie Hervingham-Root The Little Man with the Big Laugh: Arthur Askey - Alasdair Fenton Ah! Qu'il Etait Beau: Le Postillon de Longjumeau - Stuart Orr Editorial The Phonograph: The Wonderful Invention (1878 reprint extract) Well-Known Artists in Unlikely Places - Bjorn Englund Standard Disc Talking Machines -...
Topics: 78rpm, Cylinder Records, Phonograph, Discography
“Mighty fine!” “Interesting record of a great artist” (IMDB reviews quotes). A crooked mayor loots his town’s treasury, but while playing poker he wins a broken down theater and a bankrupt theatrical school. I Know! They can put on a show! (yikes) The conman-mayor is played by the beloved BBC radio comic Tommy Handley supported by a large cast of British zanies. IMDB rating 5.5. Directed by Walter Forde. Released in1943 (UK only). PAL transfer (approximately 2 minutes are missing)...
Topics: Comedies, screwball comedies, slapstick, wartime morale booster, theatrical school, vaudeville,...
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Taken from IMDB : Set in London during World War II Blitz period, the story sees Askey & Murdoch as a couple of variety entertainers who find themselves out of work. In desperate need of money to put on a show, the pair dress up as house servants (Murdoch a servant and Askey in drag as a cook) and bluff their way into the home of Lady Randall, an ex-music hall star known to give financial aid to performers in the arts close to her heart. However, chaos reigns.
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Topics: Comedy, Musica
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THE GREAT RADIO STARS VOLUME TWO 01. The Bee Song - Arthur Askey 02. I Didn't Orter A Ett It - Jack Warner 03. The Laughing Bachelor - Charles Penrose 04. Trains - Reginald Gardiner 05. Rachmaninoff's Prelude - Leslie Henson 06. The Annual Dinner Of The Slate Club Secretaries - Cecil Johnson 07. Chin Chin Cheerio! - Ronald Frankau 08. Stanelli And His Hornchestra - Stanelli 09. Much Ado About Little Or Nothing - Oliver Wakefield 10. More Chestnut Corner - Murdoch...
Topics: Great British Radio Stars, Music, Vintage
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Jaki Windmill And Tim Rundall of the Surreal Music Club, Brighton, present another show from the Pink Submarine and get splashed with gravy.... GROOVY! This show is from Outer Space ad while we chatter you can hear the REAL sounds of Jupiter as we head swiftly away from the rings of Uranus.... Here Be Thee Tracklist 1.Intro + Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? 2. Hassan I Sabbah - Upp 3. Set the controls for the heart of the sun - Pink Floyd (with Syd) 4. Food! - The Takeaways 5. Bee Song - Arthur...
Topics: Tim Rundall, Jaki Windmill, Gonzo, RMC, Brighton, Real Music Club
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Arthur Askey's comedy skit show, similar in format to Red Skelton.
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Topics: arthur, askey
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03/20
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Various Artists; Arthur Askey; Billy Cotton; Bobbie Comber; Cab Calloway; Debroy Summers; Eddie Cantor; Fats Waller; Frank Crumit; Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians; George Formby; Gracie Fields; Henry Hall; Jack Buchanan; Joe Loss; Max Miller; Noel Coward; Sam Brown; Sam Brown - Max Abrams; Sophie Tucker; Spike Jones; Tessie O'Shea; The Merry Macs
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Tracklist: 1. Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs 2. Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones 3. Everything Stops For Tea - Jack Buchanan 4. I Don't Want To Go To Bed - Sam Brown - Max Abrams 5. Der Fuerhers Face - Spike Jones 6. Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Noel Coward 7. La Di Da Di Da - Bobbie Comber 8. Walter, Walter, Lead Me to the Alter - Gracie Fields 9. Ice Cream - Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians 10. My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes - Debroy Summers 11. Wunga Bunga Boo - George Formby 12. I Took...
Topic: Comedy, Spoken & Other
Source: CD
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Various Artists; Arthur Askey; Bing Crosby; Bing Crosby & Al Jolson; Carmen Miranda; Charles Penrose; Ethel Merman; Fats Waller; Flanagan and Allen; Frank Crumit; George Formby; Gracie Fields; Groucho Marx; Jack Hodges and the Raspberry King; Jimmy Durante; Lonzo And Oscar; Louis Armstrong; Max Miller; Noël Coward; Phil Harris; Ray Middleton; Reginald Gardiner; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Slim Gaillard; Stanley Holloway; Tex Williams; The Tune Twisters; William Bendix
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Tracklist: 1. Inka Dinka Doo - Jimmy Durante 2. Busy Doing Nothing - Bing Crosby; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; William Bendix 3. Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) - Ethel Merman; Ray Middleton 4. Triplets - The Tune Twisters 5. Lydia, The Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx; Bing Crosby 6. I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) - Carmen Miranda 7. The Spaniard That Blighted My Life - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson 8. I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo And Oscar 9. Woodman, Woodman Spare That Tree - Phil Harris...
Topic: Comedy, Spoken & Other
Source: CD
Other Minds Music Reference Library
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Various Artists; Anne Stephens; Arthur Askey; Billy Costello; Bing Crosby; Carson Robison; Charles Penrose; Danny Kaye; Flanagan and Allen; Frank Crumit; Frank Luther; Gracie Fields; Harold Williams; Henry Hall; Ken Darby Singers; Layton & Johnstone; Paul Robeson; Phil Harris and His Orchestra; Pinto Colvig; Stuart Robertson; The Andrews Sisters; The BBC Dance Orchestra; The Hill Billies; The Ovaltineys & Monte Rey; The Three Ginx; Vera Lynn; Vernon Dalhart
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Tracklist: 1. The Laughing Policeman - Charles Penrose 2. The Prune Song - Frank Crumit 3. The Wedding of the Painted Doll - Layton & Johnstone 4. Barnacle Bill the Sailor - Carson Robison; Frank Luther 5. The Runaway Train - Vernon Dalhart 6. The Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall 7. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? - Henry Hall; The BBC Dance Orchestra 8. Grandfather's Clock - Harold Williams 9. I'm Popeye the Sailorman - Billy Costello 10. Ragtime Cowboy Joe - The Hill Billies 11. The Owl...
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After meeting Jack Hylton's band, Arthur and Stinker decide to go back to the castle, and find things there that will inspire them to make broadcasting history...and help in the war effort? Part 2 of 2. moviesfortheblind.com
Topics: podcast, description, blind, vision-impaired, comedy, british, bbc, england, arthur askey, richard...
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09/11
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Topic: the birds and the bees Hour 1: Stream - Max DeGroot Cooler Than Me - Insane Ian I Just Texted To Say I Love You - Break Media My Jeans Are Too Tight - Gerry House Good Morning Tuscon - Jonathan Coulton Her **** Don't Stink (edit) - Ken Turetzky I Have A Tuba (edit) - Kobi LaCroix I Had To Go - Art Paul Schlosser Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart - Johnny Cash Cutting Edge - The Brave Little Toaster Soundtrack Bowling Alley Idiot - Kobi LaCroix Bruiser La Rue - Hudson & Landry...
Topic: Wacky Ben dementia parody satire humor novelty comedy
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Arthur Pilbeam wants to find a job away from women after being jilted by his fiancé. He finds a job at a remote lighthouse that's being used as meteorological station., but even in these isolated conditions he still can't help but run into women. Originally uploaded by k-otic. http://www.archive.org/details/Back-RoomBoy
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HULLO CHILDREN, EVERYWHERE! 1 The Laughing Policeman by Charles Penrose 2:41 2 The Prune Song by Frank Crumit 3:19 3 The Wedding of the Painted Doll by Layton & Johnstone 2:46 4 Barnacle Bill the Sailor by Frank Luther And Carson Robison 3:15 5 The Runaway Train by Vernon Dalhart 3:14 6 The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Henry Hall 2:55 7 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Henry Hall 2:45 8 Grandfather's Clock by Harold Williams 3:20 9 I'm Popeye the Sailor Man by Billy...
Topic: Children's Music
Old Time Radio of the 1940s, from England. This is a collection of BBC radio comedies: "Band Waggon" starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch; "ITMA" (It's That Man Again) starring Tommy Handley; "Much Binding in the Marsh" starring Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne; "HMS Waterlogged" starring Eric Barker, with Jon Pertwee; "Studio Stand Easy" starring Charlie Chester; "Up The Pole" starring Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, with Jon...
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Topics: Old Time Radio, OTR, Comedy, Band Waggon, ITMA, Much Binding in the Marsh, HMS Waterlogged, Studio...
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Florence (“Florrie”) Draper's [1924 – 2017] book of autographs which she began to gather from March 1934 (when she must have been only ten years old!) through the 1930s & 1940s (and possibly beyond) provides us with a particularly fascinating glimpse into her cultural life both within Ireland and on her forays over to London. Most signatures remain readily identifiable and are listed below (but we welcome suggestions as to who the unidentified signatories are). Adila Fachiri...
Topics: opera, ireland
This transfer has much improved contrast and brightness plus it’s in the correct aspect ratio. “Most Enjoyable” “Fun in the old lighthouse” “Hilarious romp” “Safe for Askeyphobes” (IMDB reviews quotes). This is the movie most fans and critics agree is Arthur Askey’s best wartime comedy. The diminutive zany is backed by a fun cast that includes the adorable Vera Francis and a bevy of shipwrecked fashion models. What could possibly go right? IMDB rating 6.5. Directed by...
Topics: Comedies, wartime morale boosters, BBC time signals (pips), WW2, Arthur Askey, Vera Frances, Moore...
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Dec 4, 2015
12/15
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Magic Whistle
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Things I've collected over the years or acquired on mixtapes and comps or gathered from the internet or the library or my parents' attic. I make no claims to "discovering" or "owning" anything. Probably neither do you. It's whatever I feel like playing that week. Things that may or may not be familiar. Who knows. Past weeks here too. Just type "Magic Whistle Radio Hour" in the search engine. Here's the pertinent information: WINK MARTINDALE- Deck Of Cards (1959)...
Topics: Novelty, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Movie Trailers, RnB, RocknRoll, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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Radio Fun The Story of Radio Comedy By the time John Reith had taken the helm at the BBC. the wireless 'listeners-in' had certainly been educated and informed by the sparse broadcasts - but what had they experienced by way of entertainment? 1 Russell Davies looks at the 1930s with a clip-packed taste of the development of the BBC's Variety 2 Russell Davies looks at the 1930s with a clip-packed taste of the development of the BBC's Variety department. As radio stations elsewhere primed...
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This 1943 news review was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information. It has several segments including: a band of isolated Australian troops fighting on the island of Timor, recycling of obsolete ordnance by the U.S. Army to create new metal for the war effort -- including Civil War cannonballs, WWI tanks, tractors and howitzers --, the effort to preserve British rare books and manuscripts in the United States through storage and microfilming, wartime efforts to increase production by the...
Topic: Stock Footage
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11/18
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In May 2014, Ergo Phizmiz brought the MAGICKOWPOODISCO to Bristol Museum. There were dancing harpies, giants, and much sweat. Now for the toe tapping delectation of your own small persons, and, of course, yourselves, Ergo Phizmiz presents the MAGICKOWPOODISCO mixes in their entirety as a free download. What did happen when Dr Seuss & Dr Dre got stuck in a lift together? All your favourites thrown together in a whirl of cream cakes and cowpat. MAGICKOWPOODISCO was...
